Combined reading guide, paper cutter, and bookmark



July 16,1923. 1,461,395

0. J. KRAEMER COMBINED READING GUIDE, PAPER CUTTER, AND BOOKMARK Filed Nov. 8, 1921 Fi -1 v -49% .z mmh mgiww which Patented July 10, 1923.

UNITED STATES."

v I menses A orr'o J. KRAEMER, or PORTLAND. OREGON.

Application filed November To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO J. KRAEMER, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Portland,- in the county of Multnoinah, in the invented certain new and useful Combined Reading Guide, Paper Cutterfand Book mark, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyin drawing.

Iy invention relates to improvements in desk implements which may be made of a single piece of sheet material, and has for its object the production of such'a device may be used with equal facility, either for a paper cutter or for abook mark, and which is also available for a guide to-the eye, to relieve it from strain, in reading, and particularly the reading of fine print or of tabulated written or printed. matter, particularly that which necessitates the follow ing by the eye of a line broken by interspersed blanks or spacings.

lVhat constitutes my invention will be.

hereinafter specified in detail and succinctly set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure I is an edge view of a closed book, partially broken away, showing my device inserted, as a book mark, between two leaves thereof. I

Figure II is a top plan view of my device.

Figure III is a bottom plan View of the same, or a view of the reverse side from that shown in Figure II. 7 Referring to the numerals on the drawing, 1 indicates a handle, 2 a stop or thumb-piece projecting from its surface at one end thereof, and 3 a head provided with a straightedge 4, disposed, preferably, at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the handle 1.

The said head is preferably of a generally triangular contour, being defined byits forward edge 4:,and by lateral cutting edges 5 that are convergent and are merged into the lateral edges of the handle 1.

The straight-edge 4 is preferably bevelled.

on one side, as indicated at 6, and provided, likewise, with a graduated-measuring scale 7 inscribed upon its reverse side, or that side which is opposite to that from which the stop or thumb-piece 2 projects. 7

The edges 5 are oppositely disposed towards each other at such angles, respectively, to the longitudinal axis of thehandle as are State of Oregon, have able metal. metal may be used in its manufacture; buta, 1921. Serial No. 513,856.

" suited to render them'conveniently service able f for cutting book or the like,

the unsevered leaves; of a My device may be made, as already specified, of any suitable material in sheet form,

tion like opaque celluloid, orof any suit- For ordinary purposes, a cheap,

it may be made attractive making it of silver or gold ferred ornamental design that durability In use, my cleviceis designed to be manipu-, lated by the thumb-piece 2 held between the thumb and finger, or, being reversed,it may be slidably supported formanipulation onan inclineby'the member 2 and the forward edge tofthe printed page.

as a souvenir by By either of said methods of head 3, against a writtenor g .60, i .For example, itmay be made of. composie5 andin anypre- Y may lend and permanence of value to it. I I

manipulatfon, the edge 4 is in operation adjustecl to the line of matter to-be read, and

line,'as the reading progresses. The provision of graduationsto constitute, the scale 7, and of the lateral. edges 5, as

afterwards, in like manner, moved, line by well as of the projecting member Q, all ,in' I combination with its reading-guide function, contributes, to extend the range of-usefulness of thedevioe as a desk implement. I

What I claim is:

1. In a device of combination with a edge inthe same plane with the handle and disposed substantially at rightangles to the longitudinal axis of the handle, and a mem',- ber projecting substantially at right angles thereto,to con stitute a thumb-piece or stop. 5

2; In a device made as specified, of a single with a handle, :and a member projecting from the surface thereof, at one end thereof, of a head on the opposite end thereof defined by a straight-edge substantially at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the handle, and by lateral cutting edges.

the kind specified, the i handle,-of a strai ht from the surface of the handle,

sheet of material, the combination In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set JOHN B. enemas, J osEPH L. ATiQNS'. 

